Spain’s August heatwave was ‘most intense on record’, weather agency says | Climate News

AEMET says the 16-day August heatwave was part of a ‘trend toward more extreme summers’ due to climate change.

Spain suffered “the most intense” heatwave on record this month, the State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) has said, as firefighters battled wildfires in the north and west of the country.

In a statement on Sunday, the agency said that provisional readings for the August 3-18 heatwave exceeded the last record, set in July 2022, and showed an average temperature 4.6 degrees…